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Cycling exercise classes may be bad for your (hearing) health

Sumi Sinha1, Elliott D Kozin1, Matthew R Naunheim1

  • 1Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

The Laryngoscope
|October 13, 2016
PubMed
Summary

Smartphone apps can measure noise exposure in spin classes. However, average noise levels exceed recommended daily limits, posing a risk for noise-induced hearing loss.

Keywords:
Exercise spin classcyclingmobile phone technologynoise dosimetrynoise exposurenoise-induced hearing loss

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